自1960年年9月为南京师范学院美术系（今南京师大美术学院）首任书法教师起，至今一直从事高等书法教育工作。该校从1960年在全国高校中率先开设书法课程，1983年创办全国高等 师范院校书行书毛泽东词一首
法教师进修班，1985年在全国首建四年制书法专业及1999年成立书法系，其间他起到了创建和主持教学的作用。他于1986年4月晋升为我国第一位书法教授。2013年获得第四届中国书法兰亭奖终身成就奖。
同年，任日本文部省特聘书法教授，时为国立爱知教育大学首席书法教授。现任南京师范大学资深教授、中国书法家协会顾问、江苏省书法家协会主席。
他曾任美术系系主任、江苏省人民代表大会第五、六、七、八次代表，第七、八届常委兼教科文委员会委员。他曾多次出席由我国大陆及香港地区、日本、韩国有关方面主办的国际性书法学术会议及文化论坛。诸如，1986年在日本中部日本书道会及中日新闻社联合主办的“书法学术交流大会”上讲演《当代中国书法发展的趋向》；1987年作为中日著名书法家代表之一，出席“中日书法讨论会暨兰亭笔会”；1997年在香港中文大学主办的“中国书法国际学术会议”上演讲《书法教学散论》；2002年作为文物出版社、南京博物院、南京市博物馆、江苏省书法家协会联合主办的“第五届中国书法史论暨六朝书法国际研讨会”主持人之一，发表学术性的致词；2003年在北京师范大学主办的“启功书法学国际研讨会”上演讲《启功书法试论》；2004年在中华民族文化促进会主办的“2004文化高举论坛”上演讲《中国书法的民族性及国际交流》

著作有1965年出版并发行于我国大陆和港、澳、台地区，日本、韩国、新加坡、法国（法文版）的《书法基础知识》等；主编有《于右任书法精品集》、《江苏古代书法研究丛书》（三卷），以及作为第一主编的《中国书法全集·第86卷》等。书法创作成果有《尉天池书法选集》；应日本方面邀请，在名古屋举办的《尉天池名墨展》；有书法作品入选历届全国书法篆刻展；多次应邀为国际性书法展提供作品。他在从事高等书法教育的同时，长期坚持投入群众性的书法活动。在我国掀起书法热潮之前的六十至七十年代末，他奔波于江苏、安徽、浙江、山东、河南、北京、湖南等省市，作了数十次书法讲座。八十年代初江苏省书法家协会、中国书法家协会相继成立后，他更是为书法事业不断付出心力。

Since September 1960, for the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Normal College (now Nanjing University Academy of Fine Arts) the first calligraphy teacher, has been engaged in the work of higher education of calligraphy. From 1960 the school in the National University took the lead in the creation of calligraphy curriculum, founded in 1983, National Higher Normal Colleges running a Book of Mao Zedong's Ci
Law teacher refresher class, in 1985, the country's first four years of calligraphy and calligraphy in the establishment of the Department of calligraphy in 1999, during which he played a role in the creation and hosting of teaching. He was promoted to be the first calligraphy professor in China in April 1986. 2013 won the fourth China calligraphy Lanting Pavilion Award for lifetime achievement.
The same year, the Ministry of education as distinguished professor at the national calligraphy, calligraphy education university professor Aichi chief. He is a senior professor of Nanjing Normal University, advisor of Chinese Calligrapher's Association and chairman of Jiangsu calligraphers association.
He served as director of the Department of fine arts, Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress fifth, six or seven, the eight representative, the seventh, the Standing Committee of the UNESCO and the eight. He has attended international calligraphy conference and cultural forum sponsored by mainland China, Hongkong, Japan and Korea. As of 1986, in central Japan, Japan and Japan news channel will be jointly sponsored by the "calligraphy academic exchange conference speech" contemporary calligraphy Chinese development trend "; in 1987 as one of the famous calligrapher representative attended the Forum on Lanting Pavilion in Japan calligraphy pen"; in 1997 at the Chinese University Hong Kong hosted the "international academic China calligraphy Conference on" speech on "calligraphy teaching; Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2002 as the Nanjing Museum, the Museum of Nanjing City, Jiangsu province Calligraphers Association jointly organized the fifth session of the China International Symposium on the history of calligraphy and calligraphy of the Six Dynasties" one of the hosts, published academic speech; Beijing Normal University in 2003 hosted the "International Symposium on handwriting science speech on" handwriting "; in 2004 2004 Chinese Cultural Association" Speech on "the nationality and international communication of Chinese calligraphy"
Works are published in 1965 and released in mainland China and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, France (French version) the "basic knowledge" of calligraphy; editor of "Yu Youren", "Jiangsu calligraphy collection of Ancient Calligraphy Series" (three volumes), as well as the first editor "China eighty-sixth volume" and other works of calligraphy. The calligraphy creation achievement "Weitianchi calligraphy anthology"; the Japanese side should be invited, held in Nagoya "Weitianchi Mexican Exhibition"; calligraphy works selected for the national calligraphy exhibition; invited to provide work for the international calligraphy exhibition. He engaged in higher calligraphy education at the same time, long-term adherence to mass calligraphy activities. In China before the start of calligraphy craze in the sixty to the end of 70s, he traveled in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Beijing, Hunan and other provinces and cities, made dozens of calligraphy lectures. In early 80s, after the founding of the Jiangsu Calligraphers Association and the Chinese Calligraphers Association, he paid more attention to the cause of calligraphy.